LatinIME/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/event/Combiner.java
Ken Wakasa 7f545a57c9 [HW7.5] Introduce the @Nonnull annotation (take 2)
Change-Id: I05512b5434810046c8b72d6bb41567b6cd8b9d6e
2014-07-30 04:13:58 +00:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.android.inputmethod.event;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
/**
* A generic interface for combiners. Combiners are objects that transform chains of input events
* into committable strings and manage feedback to show to the user on the combining state.
*/
public interface Combiner {
/**
* Process an event, possibly combining it with the existing state and return the new event.
*
* If this event does not result in any new event getting passed down the chain, this method
* returns null. It may also modify the previous event list if appropriate.
*
* @param previousEvents the previous events in this composition.
* @param event the event to combine with the existing state.
* @return the resulting event.
*/
@Nonnull
Event processEvent(ArrayList<Event> previousEvents, Event event);
/**
* Get the feedback that should be shown to the user for the current state of this combiner.
* @return A CharSequence representing the feedback to show users. It may include styles.
*/
CharSequence getCombiningStateFeedback();
/**
* Reset the state of this combiner, for example when the cursor was moved.
*/
void reset();
}